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357: Notetaking For Developers
Joël is joined by Amanda Beiner, a Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, who is known for her legendary well-organized notes. They talk about various t…
3 years, 11 months ago
356: The Value of Specialized Vocabulary
Guest and fellow thoughtbotter Stephanie Minn and Joël chat about how the idea of specialized vocabulary came up during a discussion of the Ruby Scie…
3 years, 11 months ago
355: Test Performance
Guest Geoff Harcourt, CTO of CommonLit, joins Joël to talk about a thing that comes up with a lot with clients: the performance of their test suite. …
4 years ago
354: The History of Computing
Why does the history of computing matter? Joël and Developer at thoughtbot Sara Jackson, ponder this and share some cool stories (and trivia!!) behin…
4 years ago
353: Mental Models
Mental models are metaphors that help us understand complex problems we work on. They can be a simplified roadmap over an infinite area of complexity…
4 years ago
352: Case Expressions
As developers, we care a lot about code quality. How do we know how good is good enough? When do we stop improving code? Alternatively, when working …
4 years ago
351: Learning in Public
It's Joël's first episode as host of The Bike Shed! 👋
Joël has fellow thoughtbotter Steve Polito join him to talk about the benefits and drawbacks of…
4 years ago
350: 21 Bell Salute
It's Steph and Chris' last show.
Steph found a game, and if you've been following the journey, all of the Test::Unit test files are now live in RSpe…
4 years, 1 month ago
349: Unpopular Opinions
Steph and Chris announce Joël Quenneville as the new host of the show! 🎉 Joël talks about his grand plans for where The Bike Shed is going to go from…
4 years, 1 month ago
348: Breaking News
Steph and Chris share some big news about the future of The Bike Shed.
Steph shares an update about integrating with Knapsack Pro. Chris is excited f…
4 years, 1 month ago